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(NO Model.)

O. O. WILSON.

WATER MOTOR. 10.488,860. Patented'1360.211892.

u: noms PETEns co.. Haro-ninna.. wAsmNsToN u c Unire 'raras CHARLES C.WILSON, OF GREENSBOROUGI-I, NORTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ANNAV. JESSUP, OF SAME PLACE.

WATER-MOTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 488,860, dated December27', 1892.

Application iiled December 29, 1891. Serial No. Lll6,416. (No model.l

To LZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES O. WILSON, a citizen of theUn ited States,residingat Greensborough, in the county of Guilford and State of NorthCarolina, have invented a new and useful Water-Motor, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to hydraulic motors; and it has for its object toprovide a motor actuated under a head of Water, and which shall be soconstructed as to vent fully as much water as the motor receives andthus avoid the lessening of the speed of the motor, as in such case,Where a motor does not vent the Water as fast as received, the Waterwill not strike the same with the full force ot' the head, as thevelocity is impeded by the reaction or backlash of the Water on themotor. And to this end to provide a specially constructed motorparticularly adapted to overcome these objections While at the same timeproviding a motor which can be used at different velocities according'to the head of Water admitted to the various parts comprising the motor.

XVith these and many other objects in View which will readily appear asthe nature of the invention is fully understood, the same consists inthe construction combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter morefully described, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings5-Figure l is a perspective view of a watermotor constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a verticalsectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional viewthrough one of the Water compartments. Fig. 4 is a detail in perspectiveof one of the buckets.

Referring to the accompanying draWings;- A represents the motor casinghaving a spirally disposed or scroll shell terminating in a frontreceiving opening B through which the head of Water is conducted intothe casing, and is controlled by the sliding gate C working over saidopening to admit a full or partial head ot' Water as desired. The saidcasing is provided with a series of parallel partitions D, Which form aseries of parallel Water chests E one above the other, and saidpartitions E forming said separate and independent water chests extenddirectly to the inlet opening B and are adapted to have the sliding gateC work directly over the ends of the same, so that by raising said gateWater may be admitted into one or all of said separate Water chambersinclosed by the single casing A, at the same time. Eachof said parallelpartitions D and the top and bottom plates F ot' the main casing A areprovided with the central registering openings G which are designed toadmit the Water Wheel H fitting snugly Within the openings through saidpartition and top and bottom plates, and of the same depth as the casingitself. The said Water wheel I-I comprises separate concentric series ofWater buckets I, separated from each other by the dividing rings J,which correspond in thickness to the dividing partitions D, and as saidwater Wheel revolves it will be seen that the spacing Yrings .I betweeneach concentric and parallel series of water bucketsI will revolve inand be in communication with a single Water compartment E, whether theline of buckets is at the top, bottom, or an intermediate positionWithin the casing. The buckets I are provided with the iiat shoulders orfaces c' that are so disposed at an angie across or between the rings Jas to receive the direct force of the Water as the same comes Withineach compartment of the spirally disposed casing, and the same arefurther provided With opposite curved ends 7l Which are so arranged withrelation'to the next succeeding bucket, in the same series therewith, asto form vent openings K which communicate with the hol-low Wheel andthus allow the Water to find escape through the opening in the bottom ortop plate of the casing,.as the case may be. The said buckets I areprovided with openings lo in the body thereof to receive the clampingbolts k passing through the buckets and the intermediate rings J andthus forming the Water wheel H as described. The inner face of eachbucket Within the Wheel is regularly curved as at k2 to form a slopewhich 95 said Wheel is further provided with a partition zoo L dividingthe Wheel into two parts and thus providing for the discharge of theWater from the upper series of buckets above the partition through thetop of the casing, and for the discharge of the Water from the lowerseries of buckets through the bottom of the casing as will be readilyapparent. This partition of the Wheel provides for an equalization ofthe vent of the Wheel and thus materially increases its eflicien cy,while by havin g a separate Water receiving compartment for each seriesof buckets, provides for an increased speed of the wheel and aregulation of the same by means of the water gate, as will be readilyapparent. A shaft M is keyed Within the Wheel II and is journaled at itslower end upon the conical bearing m supported by the under bearingbracket N, while the opposite end of said shaft extends through theupper bearing bracket M secured to the top of the casing, and may beconnected with any suitable machinery to be run thereby. The motor issupported upon suitable supports and may be located in any convenientposition.

Theconstruction and operation of the herein described motor is nowthought to be apparent Without further description.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is5- In a hydraulic motor, a spirally disposed casinghaving a series of centrally perforated parallel partitions forming aseries of parallel and separate receiving chambers, an open Water wheelmounted Within said casing and comprising separate and parallelperipheral series of Water buckets spaced from each other and Workingwithin said chambers, each of said buckets being provided With a iiatface and a curved face Opposite to and extending beyond said dat faceand overlapping the dat face of the next bucket to form a vent openingcommunicating With the interior of the Wheel, a series of interposedspacing rings clamped between each series of buckets and having the flatfaces of the buckets which receive the force of Water, disposed at anangle to their peripheries between the same, and a partition arrangedWithin the Wheel t0 separate the space Within the buckets into upper andlower discharge passages, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES C. WILSON.

NVitnesses:

W. S. JEssUP, JNO. J. NELSON.

